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Idris Elba to produce and narrate WW2 documentary
Updated On: 19 October, 2023 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
The docu-drama will focus on people of colour who dedicated their lives for their country
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Hollywood star Idris Elba wants to highlight the unsung heroes of World War II in his new National Geographic documentary series. The project, which will be produced by October Films and the actor’s Green Door Pictures, will cover unsung heroes of colour at Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor and D-Day during the Second World War.
Elba, 51, whose grandfather fought in the war, told reporters the documentary was pitched to him when the production house showed him a photo of soldiers from the war, and asked, ‘What do you think is missing from these pictures?’ The actor replied: “The answer of course was people of colour and I realised I didn’t know any stories about them from World War II. So, this felt like a genuinely fresh and original way into a perennial subject.”
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